AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Affordable & Clean Energy
KEYWORDS
sustainability, prepaid, development
COUNTRY
Guatemala
DESIGNED BY
Kingo owns all intellectual property for its technology. Kingo manufactured its prepaid system in-house at the headquarters in Guatemala during an initial technology pilot, allowing it to iterate designs rapidly and apply lessons and feedback from the field. Kingo has used this knowledge to design its next generation of solar systems in close relationship with its manufacturing partner in China.
WEBSITE
http://kingoenergy.com/
Kingo
Kingo provides a prepaid solar energy service that is clean and cheaper than candles or kerosene.
Kingo’s prepaid electricity service offers customers the flexibility to consume energy on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Customers buy activation codes to use the energy captured by their solar panel and stored ready for use in their system, paying only for what they use, when they use it. There are no installation fees and no system maintenance costs. Kingo installs, maintains and upgrades its solar systems over the lifetime of its customer relationship. Kingo’s systems are smart, robust and reliable, incorporating years of in-the-field experience and innovative payment technology. Unlike most competitor solutions, Kingo’s technology works with and without mobile connectivity. This puts Kingo in a unique position to reach the 50% of potential customers who lack both electricity and cell phone coverage. To-date Kingo has developed its prepaid solar systems in-house whilst working with its international manufacturing partner to develop its next generation technology.